Tibet-Nepal floods reaffirm urgency of Tibetan stewardship of the plateau

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On August 26, 2026, a catastrophic chain of glacier collapse and debris flows roared down from the high Himalayas, unleashing a wall of rock, ice, mud, and water that devastated valleys, villages, and infrastructure across western Tibet and northern Nepal while simultaneously obliterating the Kyidong (སྐྱིད་གྲོང་།) Port at the international border between Nepal and Tibet. The disaster left hundreds dead or missing in Nepal and Tibet, and reduced China’s primary trading port to South Asia to r...

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